Johnson Lee’s “Office of Practical Jokes” Receives High Ratings
Since the initial broadcast of new comedy reality show, Office of Practical Jokes <玩嘢王>, ratings have been very positive, with episode two hitting 20 points and episode three peaking at 23 points. It currently holds the number one spot on myTV’s popularity board for their Saturday time slot with over 420,000 visits.
In every episode, Johnson Lee (李思捷) will lead his team of Johnson Soldiers to carefully conjure up pranks for various artists. Johnson invited artists Sire Ma (馬賽) and Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣) and professionals from different fields, such as feng shui master Mak Lingling (麥玲玲), as guest stars for each episode. The producer, Edgar Wong (黃中濠) explained that inviting experts to the show increases the credibility of the prank and also provides more professional advice.
Intense Rehearsals
Edgar explained that the show’s success has to do with how seriously the crew rehearses before each broadcast. “It’s similar to filming a drama, everyone has to be ready with their scripts memorized. We also want to estimate the reaction of the person we’re pranking on, so we use a double during rehearsal. For example, to practice for the first episode, we had someone wear a mask of Bob Lam (林盛斌) and pretend to be him.”
Since it is difficult to estimate the guest’s reaction, the ability to improvise on the spot is crucial. Johnson received praises from the producer as someone who can quickly think on his feet.
Bob Lam: First Victim of the Show
Bob was the MC of a wedding ceremony when Johnson and his squad launched the prank. Not only was Bob surprised, but he had to improvise and act natural as possible. Afterwards, many applauded Bob’s ability to take control of the situation and continued emceeing the wedding as if nothing was awry.
Bob laughed, “More people want me as a host now! I received many wonderful comments on Facebook and some even asked me to help them out with birthday parties and weddings. But now, I’ll have to watch my back in case I get pranked again!”
Linda Chung’s Tears Fool Everyone
Linda Chung guest starred in the third episode of Office of Practical Jokes. Throughout the episode, Linda cried and fooled viewers as they thought she was the victim of the pranks. When Johnson Lee failed at performing a magic trick and vomited blood, Linda’s tears rolled and she shouted that Johnson was her boyfriend, scaring the magician, Louis Yan, on the set. It was later revealed that Linda and Johnson had partnered together to pull a prank on Louis.
Linda’s ability to shed convincing tears live on the spot earned praises for her acting. Others commented that Linda was very frightening, as it was difficult to differentiate her acting skills from her real self. Linda said that she was often the victim of pranks for many years and it was the first time that she succeeded in fooling the entire audience.
Sources: ihktv.com, TVB Weekly #828 via ihktv.com
This article is written by Su for JayneStars.com.
Love Linda Chung!<3 🙂
Lol Hong Kong version of “Punk’d” 🙂
Yes, exactly this. And I remember the celebrities in Punk’d catching on that they may be on his show whenever they saw Ashton Kutcher which is why it got cancelled in the end.
oh no, johnson lee’s aging too, better to take care of his skin
wtf?? lol, The articles talking about his show,while you’re talking about his skin LOL
lol-you’re just like me, I always put random comments, which reminds of something I saw on google the other day…
Did he have PS on his nose? like nostrils are horrible but the nose tip looks kinda pointy
Interesting… A fresh concept of reality show not involving games and q&a. Did Johnson came out with the concept?
of course not … this has been done for years in Japan and USA.
It’s been done in the past in HK as well ..
He most likely came up with the pranks. Have to give him credit for that. Who else but Johnson can trick people over the phone pretending to be Stephen Chow, Adam Cheng, and Andy Lau?
Overall, a pretty entertaining show.
Linda’s acting and expressions were bang on during the prank. She played the victim very convincingly. Awesome job by Linda!
I saw the clip Linda was really convincing ! I cried too because she was so real! Thumbs up Linda!
Me too! I thought they took the joke WAAAAY too far when she started to go crazy and bawled her eyes at screaming at the end, until she said Johnson was her ‘boyfriend’..that was a big “..O_O WTF?!” moment LOL then realised she was in on the joke. That was a good prank! Cant wait to see more 🙂
Linda chung for this year’s TVB QUEEN and Kenneth for TVB KING!!!
Linda Chung is such a good prankster!!!
Not a fan of practical jokes… will be skipping this show.
This show is soo awesome! Haven’t been so entertained in a while 😀
Good show good show!
i don’t think they will ever air the “he’s my boyfriend” part
if they were really dating.
haha, when she first said, thought I heard it wrongly
is this clip on youtube? I want one with eng subs!!!
I like this show. It’s not overly stupid and much more realistic. I think the best prank was the one with Bob, he looked like he was going to pass out at one point.
no the best was with linda. netizens are supporting her to be tv queen now for this. her crying was so great that everyone was fooled thinking she’s the victim.
@ sel fi wu, I can imagine her taking away the trophy so clearly!!!
No the best one is still Bob’s prank
agree Bob is the best. Poor Bob. They should compensate monetary to Bob.
Linda n Grace were very cute. Love them more n more. Kudos to Sire able to calm down saw a ghost. I would shriek n run away when I were Sire.
Yea I did watch d clip n Linda babe u r super awesome, mann!!!! I was asking Y? Y? Y they pulled such an unkind prank on her making her cry soooooooo much. O wow, u r mischievous as well Linda Chung!
She had me convinced that she was being pranked! She’s good!
The segment b4 that where grace gets punked was farnie too.. Hanjin was quite convincing..
I love Linda Chung. She is very hard-working. Her acting has improved tremendously! God Bless you, Linda!
linda is rising like no other in TVB
We need an article about her!!!! To the writers of Jaynestars.com please please please write an article about her.
Why is everything about artists throwing up a party for their kids, or LF, or Karena Ng and Him’s love triangle with Eliza?
grrr..
love this show…i know it is not a very new idea…USA, Japan has these show before…but it is just funny…i love it…Linda did a great job…which also mean Johnson cast a right person…credit for both!
Can we stop with this Linda for TV queen nonsense. Just because she can turn on the waterworks, doesn’t make her a great actress. Anyway, this is the best show on TVB right now; although i’m sure some people will catch on when they see Johnson Lee around.
Linda’s acting blew me away it was so amazing and real I couldn’t even tell the truth and finally when it was revealed that she was when playing a prank I was so relieved cuz she fainted and all , god bless Linda , LoveLoveLove her <3